Vending-machine.



0. C. WIESNER.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 29, I9I4.

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0. C. WIESNER. vENmNG MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED IAN. 29, |914.

Patented Apr. 6, 1915.

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O. C. WIESNER.

VENDING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED IAN. 29 1914.

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Patented Apr. 6, 1915.

Patented Apr., 6, 1915.

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Speeitication of lettersPatent.

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Be it known .that ll, @sone C. Wmsivnn, a citizen of the United States,residlng at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri,have invented a certain new and useful improvement in Vending- Machines,ofwhich the following is a speci- 'is eiiicient in operation,

iication.

My invention relates to improvements in vending machines.

Une of the objects of my invention is to provide a vending machine whichis simple in construction, is attractive in appearance,

which may be readily operated by an inexperienced. person and which isnot liable to get out of order.

Another object of my invention is :to provide a vending machine whichmay be readily opened by an authorized person for the purpose ofsupplying thereto the `articles to be vended and for removing therefromthe coins which have -been. deposited therein, but which is protectedfrom being opened by an` unauthorized person not provided with a keyadapted for use in connection therewith.

Still another object of my invention is to provide a construction of4novel design which renders it dicult for any of the articles heldtherein -for vending being entractedy therefrom w'thout the depositiontherein of the proper coins. i y

Other novel features oi' my invention are hereinafter fully describedand claimed.

ln the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the preferredembodimentoi:l my' invention, Figure l is a central vertical sectionalview of my improved vending ma-v chine. Fig. 2 is a plan view of thesame with the globe and cover removed. Fig. 3 is a ragmental verticalsectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. 7F ig. i is a fragmentalvertical sectional view on .the line 4.-4 of Fig. 7. Fig. 5 is a planview of the machine, partly broken away, and with .the bowl, hopper,globe and cover removed. Fig. 6 is a bottom view of the machine, thebottom cover being partly broken away. Fig. 7 is a horizontall sectionon the ligneY 7-7 of Fig. l. Fig-8 is a bottom view of the rotarydelivery member. Fig. 9 is a top view of the valve. Fig. l0 is anenlarged view showing partly in elevation and partly in vertical sectionthe hey, one of the reversely threaded nuts, and portions of the cap andsecuring rod.

. closed position .on 'the .gripped and Similar reference 'charactersdesignate similar parts in the diderent views.

rlllhe machine is provided with a receptacle adapted lto .containthe,articles to be vended and lcomprising a globe l, preferably ofglass, and having iitted on its top a removable .cover 2 adapted toclosethe open upper end of the globe', the lower `open end oi which issupported on a hopper 3 which is mounted in and supported by a 'bowl d,which is `mounted in a hollow `base 5.

A Vertical'securing rod 6 has its screwthreaded lower .end extendingthrough a central vertical holegwhich is provided in the closed upperer1d""lE the base 5.

A. nut 7 tted .on thegthreaded llower portion oira .the rod 6bears'lagainst the upper side of a washer 8, which in turnrests againstthe upper end of .a sleeve 9 which encirclea the rod 6 and has its lowerend supported by the upper side lvci" the top ot the base 5, -as isshown in lig. i.

For releasably securing the cover 2 in a bowl l, said cover is providedtherethrough with Ia central hole l0 through which i extent the upperend of the rod 6. 'llhe hole l0 is larger in diameter in its upperportion than in its lower portion, and in its enlarged upper portion isadapted to be mounted and extends to a more or lessv wholly contained anut 1l, .the opposite ends vc(instruction prevents the cap 2 fromturning` relative to the globe l and rod 6.

preferably the nut ll is located wholly within the hole l0 to preventits being turned without the use of the key le, Fig. l0, the lower endof which is extern lly screw-threaded and fitted to the threaded upperportion 13 of the nut il.

lin order to prevent an ordinary screw being used to turn the mit 'il soas to-release the cover, the upper end of the rod (d is provided with anupwardly exn'ding extension i7, which is of less diameter than thethreaded upper end oi* the rod 6 and is adapted te is rotated step byenter a vertical hole 18 which is provided in the threaded end of thekey 16.

hen it is desired to remove the cover 2,-

the threaded end of the key 16 is screwed into the upper end of the nut11, and when it has reached the limit of its finward movement, it stopsturning in the nut 11. Continued pressure aplied to the key in a dir ection tending to screw it into the nut will, by reason of the ends of thenut being reversely. threaded, cause the nut to unscrew from the rod 6,after whichthe nut may be removed with the key, upon which the cover 2maybe removed from the globe 1. By reversing this operation, the covermay be again secured to the globe and the key removed from the nut 11.

he open lower Iend of the base 5 .is normally closed by a removablebottom plate,

or cover 19, having a central upwardly ex`l tending boss 20 throughwhich extends a vertical hole 21. In said hole is located a clamping nut11 having reversely threaded ends, similar to the nut 11, the upper endof the nut being fitted to the screw-threaded lower end of the rod 6,which extends into the hole 21, and is provided at its lower end with adownwardly extending extension 17 which is adapted to enter the hole 18of the key 16, the key having its threaded shank litted to the lowerthreaded end of the nut 11. The nut 11 is clamped in position andremoved by the key 16 in the manner described with reference to the nut11.

To prevent the plate 19 being turned in the base so as to release thenut 11', said plate is provided with a peripheral notch 22, Fig. 6,adapted to receive an inwardly exten ing projection 23 on the base 5.

transverse pin 24 in the rod 6 bears against the under side ofthe top'of the base 5, and with the nut 7, washer 8 and sleeve 9,

serves to hold the rod 6 tightly clamped to f the base 5.

y The upper side ofthe base 5 is provided with a central circular boss25 which supports a rotary article delivery member 26 located in thearticle receptacle' and provided' with a plurality of vertical holes 27therethrough adapted, when the member 26 'exit' opening 28 through whichthe articles to be vended are discharged down a chute 29 into a pan 30.

guard 31 having in itslupper end a coin chute 32 is secured totheexterior of the, base 5, and` covers tampering with the delivery member26.

o releasably hold the delivery member l b 26 with any one of its holes27 registering with the exit opening 28, the underside of the deliverymember is provided with re'- -of the base 5 is provided.

I the underside step, to. register with an the chute 29 to preventnumber with the holes 27. The top of the base 5 is provided'v with avertical recess 34 in which is mounted a coil spring 35, whichnormally\forces a ball 36 upwardly to a position in which it will enterthe, recesses 33 consecutively when the delivery member 26 is rotatedstep by step, Fig. 4.A

Pivoted on the boss 25 below the delivery member 26 is an oscillatoryvalve comprising an arcuate plate 37, Fig.- 9, which has a handle 38extending through a slot 39, which is provided in the base 5. lln thevalve 37 is provided a radial slot 40, which is adapted to receive acoin 41, shown in dotted lines in F ig.' 1, which has been inserted inthe chute 32.

In the initial position of the valve 37, the slot 40 is in register withone of the recesses or slots 42 provided in the under side and outerportion of the delivery member 26. At each side of each slot or recess42 is a projection 43 adapted to be engaged by the coin 41 and to beturned with the member 26 when the valve 37 is turned from the initialposition, shown in Fig. '5, to a position in which the slot 40 is inregister with a coin discharge slot 44 with which th upper side Tosupport the coin 41 in the slot 40, the valve 37 hasa bridge portion 45,Fig. 1 and Fig. 5, which coperates with an arcuate shoulder 46 withwhich the base 5 is provided. This shoulder 46 forms a coin support, andnear its delivery or discharge end is provided with a lock notch 47 intowhich the coin 41 enters, to prevent the retraction of the valve 37until after the coin has been discharged into the slot 44.

A helical rod 48 attached to the delivery member 26 serves as articlesfrom tacle.

'Ihe valve 37 is retracted to its initial position after the coin 41 hasbeen discharged into th by a spring 49, which encircles the rod 6, andhas one end ea'ring against a screw 50 in the underside of the valve,the other end-of the spring bearing against a projection 51 provided onofthe top of the base 5.

ln operating my invention, nated by 41,

packing in the article recepslot the bridge 45 and the shoulder 46. Ifnow the valve right, as viewed from the front of the inaor coin supportregister with the exit opening 28, the article contained in said hole,however. being -still supported by the valve 37, whichmoves so as tocover said exit opening. fter the an agitator to keep the coin issupported by ,the

37 be turned to the coin l1 has been discharged into the slot 44:, andpasses into the hollow base 5, the handle 38 of the valve 37 isreleased, upon which the spring49 will retract the valve 37 to itsinitial position, whereby the exit opening 2,8 will be uncovered and thearticle vended will pass down the chute 29 into the pan 30 from which itwill be removed by the purchaser. lllhe springactuated ball 36 willreleasably lock the delivery member from turning in either directionuntil another coin has been inserted, and the valve 37 again turned fromits initial position to its delivery position.

'llo prevent articles to be vendedpassing into the hole 27 which is inregister with the exit opening 28,r a guard comprising an inwardlyextending projection 52 on the hopper, is arranged to extend over theexit opening 28 and the hole 27 which is in reg ister therewith. v

llt is obvious that my improved machine may be Vemployed to vend variouskinds of articles, such as balls oit chewing gum, candy or othercommodities, preferably put up in ball form, so as to be readily tedinto the holes 27 of the delivery member.

l do not limit my invention to the structure shown and described asmodifications, within the scope of the appended'claims, may be madewithout departing trom the spirit' :of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what ll claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

l. ln a vending machine, a receptacle for the articles to be. vendedprovided ,with an latory valve is opening rotary exit opening, a rotarydelivery member having holes therethrough arranged to consecutivelyregister with said eXit opening,f a guard covering thehole which is inregister with said exit opening, and an oscillatory valve having meansfor supporting, in connection with said receptacle, a coin in positionfor engaging and turning said rotary member, when the oscillatory valveis turned from an initial to a predetermined position, said valve beingarranged to close said enit when moved to said pre-determined position,and to uncover said exit opening when retracted to the initial position.y

2. ln a vending machine, a receptacle tor the articles to be vendedprovided with an exit opening and having a coin supporta delivery memberhaving holes therethrough arranged to consecutively register with saidexit opening, a guard covering the hole which is in register with saidenit opening, and an oscillatory valve having means for supporting acoin,in connection with said coin support, in position tor engaging andturning said rotary member,

turned roman initial to a pre-determined position, the coin passing tromsaid support and being released trom ing when the oecdsaid valve whenthe valve has reached said pre-determined position, the valve inpassfrom the initial to the pre-determined position closing said eXitopening, and uncovering said eXit opening when retracted `to the initialposition.

3. ln a vending machine, a receptacle for thearticles to be vendedprovided with an l exit opening, a rotary delivery member having holestherethrough arranged to consecutively register with said exit opening,a guard covering the hole which is inf register with said exit opening,and an oscillatory valve having a slot for receiving a coin and havingmeans," in connection with said receptacle, for supporting the coin inposition for engaging and turning said rotary member, when theoscillatory valve is turned from an initial to a pre-determinedposition, the coin being released from said rotary member when saidmember has been turned to said pre-determined position and also releasedrom said valve, said valve being arranged to close said exit openingwhen moved to said pre-determined position and to uncover said exitopening when retracted to the initial position.

4:. lin a vending machine, a receptacle for the articles to be vendedhaving an exit opening and a coin support, a rotary delivery memberarranged to consecutively exit opening and provided with a plurality ofslots corresponding in number to the number of said holes, a guardcovering the hole of said delivery member which is in register with saidexit opening, and an oscillatory valve having a slot for receiving acoin, and having means in connection with said coin support forsupporting said coin when the slot in the valve contains said coin, saidslot in said valve registering with one ot the slots in the the valve isin the initial position, said rotary member being adapted to'be engagedand turned by said coin when the valve is turned from the initial to apre-determined position, the coin being carried from said support andreleased by said valve when the valve has been turned to saidpre-determined position, the valve being arranged to close the exitopening when the valve 1s moved to the pre-determined position and touncover said opening when retracted to the initial position.

5. ln a vending machine, the articles to be vended provided in itsbottom with an enit opening, a rotary delivery member having a verticalams and located in the receptacle adjacent to the bota receptacle tortom thereof and provided with a plurality delivery member, when iengagement With and thereof and said rotary member and having the sameaXis as said'rotary member, and having meansfor supporting, inconnection with said receptacle,

adapted to turn said rotary member when the valve is turned from aninitial to a predetermined position,

the coin being released from said valve'when the valve reaches saidpredetermined position,l the valve being arranged to Close said exitopening when moved to the predetera coin in position for' mined positionand to uncover saidopening when the valve is moved to the initialposition.

ln testimony whereof I have' signedthis 15 specication in presence of,two subscribing Witnesses.

, osoAR o. WiEsNER. v Witnesses:

E. B. HOUSE,

C. MEYERS.'

